ECE 287A Network Information Theory Winter 2008

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Course Outline

This is a tentative outline for the course. Changes may be made as the course progresses, and we will update the outline accordingly. Many unlisted side topics will be included when appropriate.

• Lecture 1 (Tuesday, January 8)
  • Introduction.
• Lecture 2 (Thursday, January 10)
  • Review of basic information theory.
• Lecture 3 (Tuesday, January 15)
  • Review contd.
  • Correlated sources.
• Lecture 4 (Thursday, January 17)
  • Correlated sources contd.
• Lecture 5 (Tuesday, January 22)
  • Multiple access channel.
• Lecture 6 (Thursday, January 24)
  • Multiple access channel contd.
• Lecture 7 (Tuesday, January 29)
  • No lecture. Please attend multiple user information theory sessions at the ITA Workshop.
• Lecture 8 (Thursday, January 31)
  • Broadcast channel.
• Lecture 9 (Tuesday, February 5)
  • Broadcast channel contd.
• Lecture 10 (Thursday, February 7)
  • Interference channel.
• Project selection (Friday, February 8)
• Lecture 11 (Tuesday, February 12)
  • Source coding with side information.
• Lecture 12 (Thursday, February 14)
  • Channels with state.
• Lecture 13 (Tuesday, February 19)
  • Relay channel.
• Lecture 14 (Thursday, February 21)
  • Gaussian vector channel.
• Lecture 15 (Tuesday, February 26)
  • Feedback and two-way channel.
• Lecture 16 (Thursday, February 28)
  • Capacity of networks.
• Take-home midterm (Friday, February 29)
• Lecture 17 (Tuesday, March 4)
  • Capacity of networks contd.
• Lecture 18 (Thursday, March 6)
  • Rate distortion theory.
  • Multiple descriptions.
• Lecture 19 (Tuesday, March 11)
  • Lossy coding of correlated sources.
• Lecture 20 (Thursday, March 13)
  • Student presentations.

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